SPORTS Maverick's coach John Valenzuela talks with a player on the sideline as Clark beats Madison 49-37 in 5A boys basketball playoffs at the UTSA Convocation Center on February 24, 2011. Tom Reel/Staff

SPORTS Maverick's coach John Valenzuela talks with a player on the sideline as Clark beats Madison 49-37 in 5A boys basketball playoffs at the UTSA Convocation Center on February 24, 2011. Tom Reel/Staff

Photo: TOM REEL, SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS

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Steady Clark ousts Madison

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A local team wearing black is making a playoff run with deliberate and methodical — or what some might call boring — basketball. And there might be no greater compliment to Clark than calling its play Spurs-esque.